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We see, we see

Since discovering the magic of Facebook livestreaming, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has a new favorite word: you see. On Saturday, for example, it turned out that we see “how quickly and organized vaccination is being carried out,” which is a variety. Most of the time, we see how high-quality construction is in Bulgaria, while renovation work is inspected not …

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Konrad Adenauer and GERB - a meaningful collaboration?

Konrad Adenauer Foundation

In the photo: Prime Minister Boyko Borissov with Hans-Gert Pöttering, a politician from the CDU in Germany and chairman of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation from 2010 to 2017. In the Bulgarian media space, opinions on the development of Bulgaria made by the German Konrad Adenauer Foundation [named after the first Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Germany …

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Cohesion-based progressivism

Have you ever wondered how a person like Boyko Borisov can propose an agreement like the Istanbul Convention for ratification by the parliament? How did his Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva sign the IC in Turkey in 2016, his Deputy Minister of Justice Desislava Ahladova promised at a roundtable with various …

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Why is Borisov refusing to resign?

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Mass protests in Bulgaria have been going on for two months, but the government stubbornly refuses to resign. Despite the obvious damage this is doing to the ratings of the government and the prime minister himself, despite the increasingly critical tone of the foreign press, GERB and United Patriots are determined to hold on to power until the last moment...

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Supporting commas

"The worst financial crisis is coming." With this argument, Boyko Borisov refused to resign in July. It may seem like a long time ago or even like a past life, but in fact the quote is less than two months old, and the reason it feels so distant is that this argument was not ...

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To leave "Mutroland"

On Friday morning, the media broke the news that the toy retail chain "Hippoland" was being inspected by the National Revenue Agency, Economic Police, and the General Directorate of Market Supervision. This happened exactly one day after employees of the company joined the organized protests against the government and after ...

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The passive gerbera

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The passive Gerber does not define himself as a supporter of any party. The passive Gerber has nothing against GERB not being in power, as long as no other party comes to power. The passive Gerber does not want GERB to fall from power because the communists will come. The passive Gerber believes that …

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The end of a bittersweet honeymoon

I recently spoke with a friend. Like every other conversation over the past few weeks, this one came down to discussing the protests. Even though I knew that with her profession and workplace (which is why I can't mention her by name), I asked her for her opinion on the topic. The answer …

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GERB will leave as BSP because it has become BSP

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Daniela Daritkova has probably had more pleasant Friday nights than last night. The chairwoman of the GERB parliamentary group was locked up for hours at BNT after her appearance on Panorama. In her appearance, she called for dialogue with the protesters, but a little later it turned out that there was a considerable gap between words and actions.

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Where and how did we get here?

Author: Dimitar Pehlivanov Three main directions can be outlined that caused the current social crisis, which is about to become political. Despite the fact that in the general perception things seem to merge under concepts such as "governance" and "mafia", the events of recent weeks and months allow us to outline ...

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